Hugh Fisher, CM (born October 1, 1955) is a New Zealand-born Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Los Angeles with a gold in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events.
Fisher also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1982) and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1983).
In 1985, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1985, Fisher was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
He currently is a medical doctor at Northlands Medical Clinic in the town of Whistler, British Columbia.
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Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-2 1000 m |
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1936: Austria (Adolf Kainz, Alfons Dorfner) • 1948: Sweden (Hans Berglund, Lennart Klingström) • 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires, Yrjö Hietanen) • 1956: Germany (Michael Scheuer, Meinrad Miltenberger) • 1960: Sweden (Gert Fredriksson, Sven-Olov Sjödelius) • 1964: Sweden (Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Gunnar Utterberg) • 1968: Soviet Union (Aleksandr Shaparenko, Volodymyr Morozov) • 1972: Soviet Union (Nikolai Gorbachev, Viktor Kratasyuk) • 1976: Soviet Union (Serhei Nahorny, Vladimir Romanovsky) • 1980: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich, Sergei Chukhray) • 1984: Canada (Hugh Fisher, Alwyn Morris) • 1988: United States (Greg Barton, Norman Bellingham) • 1992: Germany (Kay Bluhm, Torsten Gutsche) • 1996: Italy (Daniele Scarpa, Antonio Rossi) • 2000: Italy (Antonio Rossi, Beniamino Bonomi) • 2004: Sweden (Markus Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson) • 2008: Germany (Andreas Ihle, Martin Hollstein)
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